Hebrew Numbers

Do you want to count the 10 commandments? Ahem, okay they are probably ten, but how about counting them in Hebrew? Here we will learn the Hebrew numbers together.

Let’s get right into the point…

Hebrew numbers are kind of tricky. Though they are easy to memorize, they vary in gender. When counting masculine objects, you use different form of numbers than the ones you would use when counting feminine objects.

Since we live in a male-centrist world (unfortunately) let’s go with the flow and start with the masculine-object counting numbers:

Funny is that numbers in Hebrew break the masculine/feminine grammar rulers. Usually when a word ends in a “heh” letter (ה), it indicates that the word is feminine. Ironically we notice that masculine objects take the number with a “heh”. To make this easy, think of the relationship between the counting number and the items that is being counted as a traditional marriage, that goes (usually) between a male and a female.

Now, here are the Hebrew numbers used for counting female objects.

אחת: echat or achat

שתים: shtayim

שלש: shalosh

ארבע: arba

חמש: chameish

שש: sheish

שבע: shva

שמונה: shmone

תשע: teisha

עשר: eser

אחת-עשרה: achat esrei

שתים-עשרה: shtayim esrei

שלש-עשרה: shlosh esrei

ארבע-עשרה: arba esrei

חמש-עשרה: chameish esrei

שש-עשרה: sheish esrei

שבע-עשרה: shva esrei

שמונה-עשרה: shmonei esrei

תשע-עשרה: tesha esrei

Now let’s talk about 10, 20, 30 etc. Since we leave 19, the rest of our Hebrew numbers are the same no matter what the gender of the counted objects is. Let’s see:

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Hebrew is a wonderful and unique language! That is a perfect evidence that is Elohim’s inspired. I am learning Hebrew here in Kenya. I like to live like a Hebrew in terms of diet, festivals, lifestyle and keeping of the Sabbath.

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